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Menatone King of the Britons
Based on the Menatone King of the Britains· 3 other boards clone it
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- Preamp / Amp-in-a-box
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From the vendor
Menatone's King of the Britons, a Marshall-style high-gain distortion from the maker known for amp-in-a-can pedals. The schematic shows six J201 JFET stages modeling a tube preamp: three cascaded gain stages with a Gain pot, a source follower driving a Marshall-type High/Mid/Low tone stack, then a Master pot and two more JFET stages before the Level control. The author liked it but preferred runoffgroove's Thor.
Schematic
The schematic is in the post. Open it at Revolution Deux. No KiCad fragment has been drawn for this circuit yet.
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| Ref | Value | Normalized | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resistors 27 | ||||
| R1 | 33K | 33k | input; read from the schematic by eye | |
| R2 | 1M | 1M | input pull-down; read from the schematic by eye | |
| R3 | 22K | 22k | Q1 drain; read from the schematic by eye | |
| R4 | 1.8K | 1.8k | Q1 source; read from the schematic by eye | |
| R5 | 470K | 470k | paralleled by C3; read from the schematic by eye | |
| R6 | 470K | 470k | Q2 gate to ground; read from the schematic by eye | |
| R7 | 22K | 22k | Q2 drain; read from the schematic by eye | |
| R8 | 1.8K | 1.8k | Q2 source; read from the schematic by eye | |
| R9 | 470K | 470k | to ground; read from the schematic by eye | |
| R10 | 470K | 470k | into Q3 gate; read from the schematic by eye | |
| R11 | 15K | 15k | Q3 drain; read from the schematic by eye | |
| R12 | 1K | 1k | Q3 source; read from the schematic by eye | |
| R13 | 100K | 100k | Q4 source; read from the schematic by eye | |
| R14 | 33K | 33k | tone stack; read from the schematic by eye | |
| R15 | 100K | 100k | Master to ground; read from the schematic by eye | |
| R16 | 1M | 1M | Q5 gate; read from the schematic by eye | |
| R17 | 15K | 15k | Q5 drain; read from the schematic by eye | |
| R18 | 1K | 1k | Q5 source; read from the schematic by eye | |
| R19 | 1K | 1k | Q5 source; read from the schematic by eye | |
| R20 | 15K | 15k | read from the schematic by eye | |
| R21 | 4.7K | 4.7k | read from the schematic by eye | |
| R22 | 220K | 220k | read from the schematic by eye | |
| R23 | 2.2K | 2.2k | read from the schematic by eye | |
| R24 | 3.9K | 3.9k | Q6 drain; read from the schematic by eye | |
| R25 | 470 | 470 | Q6 source; read from the schematic by eye | |
| R26 | 100K | 100k | read from the schematic by eye | |
| R27 | 6.8K | 6.8k | read from the schematic by eye | |
| Capacitors 18 | ||||
| C1 | 100u | 100u | electrolytic, power filter; read from the schematic by eye | |
| C2 | 2.2n | 2.2n | read from the schematic by eye | |
| C3 | 560p | 560p | across R5; read from the schematic by eye | |
| C4 | 10n | 10n | across Q2 drain resistor; read from the schematic by eye | |
| C5 | 1u | 1u | electrolytic, Q2 source bypass; read from the schematic by eye | |
| C6 | 10n | 10n | read from the schematic by eye | |
| C7 | 2.2u | 2.2u | electrolytic, Q3 source bypass; read from the schematic by eye | |
| C8 | 560p | 560p | tone stack; read from the schematic by eye | |
| C9 | 22n | 22n | tone stack; read from the schematic by eye | |
| C10 | 22n | 22n | tone stack; read from the schematic by eye | |
| C11 | 22n | 22n | read from the schematic by eye | |
| C12 | 1n | 1n | across Q5 drain resistor; read from the schematic by eye | |
| C13 | 100n | 100n | read from the schematic by eye | |
| C14 | 22n | 22n | read from the schematic by eye | |
| C15 | 10u | 10u | electrolytic, Q6 source bypass; read from the schematic by eye | |
| C16 | 10u | 10u | electrolytic; read from the schematic by eye | |
| C17 | 10n | 10n | read from the schematic by eye | |
| C18 | 10n | 10n | output; read from the schematic by eye | |
| Diodes 1 | ||||
| D1 | ? | ? | reverse polarity protection; read from the schematic by eye | |
| Transistors 6 | ||||
| Q1 | J201 | J201 | JFET; read from the schematic by eye | |
| Q2 | J201 | J201 | JFET; read from the schematic by eye | |
| Q3 | J201 | J201 | JFET; read from the schematic by eye | |
| Q4 | J201 | J201 | JFET, source follower; read from the schematic by eye | |
| Q5 | J201 | J201 | JFET; read from the schematic by eye | |
| Q6 | J201 | J201 | JFET; read from the schematic by eye | |
| Potentiometers 6 | ||||
| Gain | A1M | A1M | Potentiometer | read from the schematic by eye |
| High | B250K | B250k | Potentiometer | read from the schematic by eye |
| Low | A1M | A1M | Potentiometer | read from the schematic by eye |
| Mid | B25K | B25k | Potentiometer | read from the schematic by eye |
| Master | A1M | A1M | Potentiometer | read from the schematic by eye |
| Level | A250K | A250k | Potentiometer | read from the schematic by eye |
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